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Webster 1913 Edition
Pamper
Pam′per
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pampered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pampering
.] [Cf. LG.
pampen
, slampampen
, to live luxuriously, pampe
thick pap, and E. pap
.] 1.
To feed to the full; to feed luxuriously; to glut;
“A body . . . pampered for corruption.” as, to
. pamper
the body or the appetiteDr. T. Dwight.
2.
To gratify inordinately; to indulge to excess;
as, to
. pamper
pride; to pamper
the imaginationSouth.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pamper
PAM'PER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To feed to the full; to glut; to saginate; to feed luxuriously; as, to pamper the body or the appetite. We are proud of a body fattening for worms and pampered for corruption and the grave.
2.
To gratify to the full; to furnish with that which delights; as, to pamper the imagination.